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Industrial Strength: November 20, 2013
Joan Warner to keynote at country music radio seminar Commercial Radio Australia CEO Joan Warner is the keynote speaker at the third Country Music Radio Seminar. Organised by the CMA Australian…

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Industrial Strength: November 20, 2013
Joan Warner to keynote at country music radio seminar Commercial Radio Australia CEO Joan Warner is the keynote speaker at the third Country Music Radio Seminar. Organised by the CMA Australian…

Big Day Out feuds with Claremont council over Perth event
The surprise Blur cancellation wasn’t the only drama facing Big Day Out this week. The Claremont Council is angered that Big Day Out bypassed them and went directly to the Department of Environment…

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Big Day Out feuds with Claremont council over Perth event
The surprise Blur cancellation wasn’t the only drama facing Big Day Out this week. The Claremont Council is angered that Big Day Out bypassed them and went directly to the Department of Environment…

Adele and Susan Boyle top Amazon’s best-selling CDs of all time list
Considering its ubiquity, it should come as no surprise that Adele’s 21 is the best-selling album of all time through popular online retailer Amazon.com. The UK singer’s 2011 record held off Susan…

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Adele and Susan Boyle top Amazon’s best-selling CDs of all time list
Considering its ubiquity, it should come as no surprise that Adele’s 21 is the best-selling album of all time through popular online retailer Amazon.com. The UK singer’s 2011 record held off Susan…

This Record Changed My Life
John Watson, Eleven Music Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town Growing up in Townsville in the early 1980s wasn’t a lot of fun: no Internet, no cable TV, no FM radio and only two TV…

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This Record Changed My Life
John Watson, Eleven Music Bruce Springsteen - Darkness On The Edge Of Town Growing up in Townsville in the early 1980s wasn’t a lot of fun: no Internet, no cable TV, no FM radio and only two TV…

Hot Seat: Alan Crabbe - Pozible
Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible is taking the big leap into the United States. Its co-founder Alan Crabbe has relocated to San Francisco, where his micro-team is putting the final touches on…

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Hot Seat: Alan Crabbe - Pozible
Australian crowdfunding platform Pozible is taking the big leap into the United States. Its co-founder Alan Crabbe has relocated to San Francisco, where his micro-team is putting the final touches on…

Heatseeker: Lea Michele, Cannonball
Lea Michele has had a horror year - rather shockingly going from Glee starlet to grieving girlfriend when her boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith overdosed in July. As Michele was publicly…

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Heatseeker: Lea Michele, Cannonball
Lea Michele has had a horror year - rather shockingly going from Glee starlet to grieving girlfriend when her boyfriend and Glee co-star Cory Monteith overdosed in July. As Michele was publicly…

The Music Network Hot 100 Half Year Report: The top 100 songs at radio in 2013 so far
Birds Of Tokyo’s ARIA #3 Lanterns was the most heard song on Australian radio for the first six months of 2013, beating off international powerhouses such as Bruno Mars, Pink and Rihanna, while…

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The Music Network Hot 100 Half Year Report: The top 100 songs at radio in 2013 so far
Birds Of Tokyo’s ARIA #3 Lanterns was the most heard song on Australian radio for the first six months of 2013, beating off international powerhouses such as Bruno Mars, Pink and Rihanna, while…

Ministry of Sound’s deal with Defected; MCN wins sales rights to MTV; JB Hi Fi and TuneCore team to stream
Ministry of Sound Australia teams with Defected Ministry of Sound Australia teamed with international house music label Defected to bring its music and tours to Australia and New Zealand. The deal…

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Ministry of Sound’s deal with Defected; MCN wins sales rights to MTV; JB Hi Fi and TuneCore team to stream
Ministry of Sound Australia teams with Defected Ministry of Sound Australia teamed with international house music label Defected to bring its music and tours to Australia and New Zealand. The deal…

iTunes reveals highest selling albums and tracks of 2013
With iTunes being the world’s biggest music retailer, it makes sense their end of year sales charts tend to be quite representative of the year in popular music. Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20…

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iTunes reveals highest selling albums and tracks of 2013
With iTunes being the world’s biggest music retailer, it makes sense their end of year sales charts tend to be quite representative of the year in popular music. Justin Timberlake’s The 20/20…

Love Drunk: Max and Bianca chat about their debut single
Max and Bianca’s debut single Love Drunk has been a long time in the making, as the duo tells us below, and this week it has been soundtracking commercial radio stations across the country. With…

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Love Drunk: Max and Bianca chat about their debut single
Max and Bianca’s debut single Love Drunk has been a long time in the making, as the duo tells us below, and this week it has been soundtracking commercial radio stations across the country. With…
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Billy Russell exits [V], new head of digital for WMA, and changes at AdNews and Fox
Chris Phillips joins Warner Music as Head of Digital Warner Music Australia appointed Chris Phillips as Head of Digital and Consumer Insight. He was previously Marketing Executive for 2 ½ years at…
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Billy Russell exits [V], new head of digital for WMA, and changes at AdNews and Fox
Chris Phillips joins Warner Music as Head of Digital Warner Music Australia appointed Chris Phillips as Head of Digital and Consumer Insight. He was previously Marketing Executive for 2 ½ years at…

Musical Chairs: changes at the top for WAM, Billboard and Warner Bros.
WAM appoints new CEO Western Australia’s peak music association WAM announced Mike Harris as its CEO. He’s expected to take over the role in late February. Most recently occupying a senior management…

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Musical Chairs: changes at the top for WAM, Billboard and Warner Bros.
WAM appoints new CEO Western Australia’s peak music association WAM announced Mike Harris as its CEO. He’s expected to take over the role in late February. Most recently occupying a senior management…
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